[SIDENET]

“Welcome to the party, pal!”

[DoughtyOne]

I was a stupid fool for thirty years...

Think of how many hundreds of thousands if not millions of people this guy led in the darkness for those years.

[CincyRichieRich]

He just left us here in Cincy after a short stint; never did mention us arming ourselves here...I guess D’troit is a little more violent...ought to make a remake of “Escape From New York” except title it, “Move to D’troit”.

[skinkinthegrass]

hmmm.."a (former) liberal "mugged" by the facts/truth bump...a hopeful sign.

[skyman]

I’m completely surprised that he would admit this. Good for him. Better late than never.

[ClearCase_guy]

Maine is one of the safest places in America.

There are two reasons for that:

1) State gun laws are not overly prohibitive.
2) Demographics.

[andyk]

Robyn Thomas, director of the Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence in San Francisco, however, criticized Craig’s conclusion.

“I think at its core, his position is an emotional one, based on the idea that people feel safer when they have guns. But studies have shown more guns don’t deter crime,” Thomas told the News.

So says the master of projection.

[Obadiah]

I personally know a company that holds government contracts. Because their work is with the general public they do not allow their employees to carry. I was told that Detroit was an exception to that rule because they could find no employees willing to regularly go into Detroit unless they were armed, thus they had to acquiesce.

[umgud]

Chicago has just about the toughest gun control laws in the nation (DC prolly the toughest), yet it has one of the highest crime rates.

Detroit resides in MI and has very lax (by comparison) gun control laws, yet it has maybe the highest crime rates.

The common denominator here is not the level of gun control, but the available number of criminals.

If the level of gun control was a big factor, Maine should be one of the most dangerous places on the planet, but it is not. It just doesn’t have a bumper crop of criminals.

[Wonder Warthog]

Dang, an honest liberal (or perhaps new conservative).

[KeyLargo]

BREAKING: Obama Issues New Executive Actions on Background Checks for Gun Purchases
Katie Pavlich | Jan 03, 2014

“While it is important states are easily able to submit mental health information to the federal background check system, changes in HIPAA should come with extreme scrutiny and thought due to a high risk of changes in the law resulting in major privacy violations. Many doctors are already asking patients (and not just those with mental health problems) about whether or not they have a gun in their home, a fine line to walk.

In the executive action announcement, the White House also urged Congress to pass more gun control measures, some of which Democrats voted no on early last year. “

http://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2014/01/03/breaking-obama-takes-new-executive-action-on-background-checks-for-gun-purchases-n1771566?utm_source=thdailypm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl_pm

[Lurker]

How much blood do you have on your hands you idiot chief?